If a common human can survive it, it dealt less than 4 damage. And unless you’re a monk, tavern brawler or some race that adds a bite attack, that’s an unarmed attack and only deals 1+Strength damage.
IRL letal damage is rarely immediately lethal, which is a fact not translated well into the game. The fact he went to the ER is a good sign that it very easily could have lead to death for someone without medical aid.
Also by biting the arm instead of say, the neck, is pretty clear it was a declared non-lethal attack
In either case, he’d have fallen unconscious first. If he did, then sure, but otherwise… And it still wouldn’t mean it was 1d6+Strength, because you can still roll high on a d4.
Bite a bear and get back to me. That’ll be a better metric.
The standard hp for a regular human, which for the setting is probably in better shape than the office honed bodies of today, to be incapacitated for combat and eventually die is about 4 (depending on edition).
There is maybe one way a trained human could perform a combat biting attack that would render someone unable to fight back, which is a bite to crush the wind pipe, and with all anatomical protection in place, it seems unfeasible even if they would have the jaw strength for it.
If a common human can survive it, it dealt less than 4 damage. And unless you’re a monk, tavern brawler or some race that adds a bite attack, that’s an unarmed attack and only deals 1+Strength damage.
IRL letal damage is rarely immediately lethal, which is a fact not translated well into the game. The fact he went to the ER is a good sign that it very easily could have lead to death for someone without medical aid.
Also by biting the arm instead of say, the neck, is pretty clear it was a declared non-lethal attack
In either case, he’d have fallen unconscious first. If he did, then sure, but otherwise… And it still wouldn’t mean it was 1d6+Strength, because you can still roll high on a d4.
Bite a bear and get back to me. That’ll be a better metric.
I came to say precisely this.
The standard hp for a regular human, which for the setting is probably in better shape than the office honed bodies of today, to be incapacitated for combat and eventually die is about 4 (depending on edition).
There is maybe one way a trained human could perform a combat biting attack that would render someone unable to fight back, which is a bite to crush the wind pipe, and with all anatomical protection in place, it seems unfeasible even if they would have the jaw strength for it.
maybe it should be 1d2 then - can only deal 4 points of damage on a crit